The spectacular Erenhault House – designed by Harry Gesner – is back on the market in Beverly Hills for $28 million and it doesn’t take long to understand why it stayed off the radar for more than 20 years.
Nestled at 624 Cole Place, at the end of a cul-de-sac in Trousdale Estates, this house feels slightly removed from the usual Beverly Hills rhythm. Quieter. More special. It’s a place you don’t just stumble onto, you arrive there.
Gesner designed it in the late ’60s, when Los Angeles architecture still had a sense of experimentation to it. By the time it was finished in 1970, he was already doing something distinct—less about imposing a structure, more about letting it settle into the land.
Here, that idea is literal. The house sits directly on natural stone, and you notice it right away. The floors don’t just meet the ground, they seem to blend in beautifully.
The home spans over 6,400 square feet, with six bedrooms and six bathrooms. But listing specs feel almost beside the point. What stays with you is how everything leans toward the view, almost instinctively.
And the view does a lot of work.
From up here, Los Angeles stretches out in layers—canyon, then city, then the coastline fading into Catalina Island if the air’s clear. It changes constantly. Early mornings are soft and hazy, by late afternoon everything sharpens and then the lights start flickering on one by one.
Inside, Gesner’s language is all there – low, angular rooflines, long panes of glass, spaces that don’t feel boxed in. The sunken living room, in particular, has that slightly dramatic, almost cinematic feel. You can imagine it in the ’70s, but it’s a timeless design that still works now.
There’s also a staircase in the center with a skylight above it. On paper, that sounds like a detail. In reality, it changes how the house feels throughout the day. Light drops in from above and moves across the surfaces in a way that’s hard to plan for and even harder to fake.
The bedrooms are all ensuite, each with its own angle on the landscape. The primary suite is the one people will remember. Floor-to-ceiling glass, nothing interrupting the line of sight. It gives that slightly unreal feeling, like the room is hovering just above the hillside.
The kitchen, redone by Poliform, is newer, cleaner. It could have tipped too far into something generic, but it doesn’t. The lines stay disciplined. It respects what was already there.
Outside, the terraces follow the same logic as the house—wide, open, positioned for the view rather than decoration. The sunken pool sits almost quietly in the composition, which makes it more interesting than if it tried to stand out.
Current owner Mezhgan Hussainy has used it as a creative retreat, which feels like the right use. It’s not a house that overwhelms you—it gives you space to think.
The listing is handled by Trey Alligood of Douglas Elliman, and he’s right about one thing—places like this don’t surface often. Not in Trousdale, not really anywhere. It’s been more than 20 years since it last changed hands.
